Industrial Engineer

About the Role

• Serve as an industrial engineer in the Quality Planning and Improvement Branch, within the Quality Division, of the Compliance and Quality Department, located at Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW).
• Provide support concerning the development, implementation of, and maintenance of the Depot's Industrial Quality program.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigation of root causes of failures and defects.
• Identification of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) necessary to prevent recurrence.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Experience requirements vary by grade level (GS-05 through GS-12).

GS-05 Qualifications

• Successful completion of basic education requirement.

Desired knowledge:

• Some knowledge of work process and capability to apply standard engineering practices.
• Some knowledge in solving industrial production issues and production support functions.
• Some knowledge of quality reviews, project reviews, audit briefs, and quality investigations disciplines that are less complex than those of characteristics of the GS-07.

GS-07 Qualifications

• At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 level.

Demonstrated knowledge:

• Engineering principles and practices.
• Work processes and ability to apply basic standard engineering practices.
• Leading teams with team support in solving industrial production issues and production support functions.
• Quality reviews, project reviews, audit briefs, and quality investigations with team support.
• Industrial and quality engineering support with team support for operations, evaluation of production processes, investigation of root causes of failures and defects, and identification of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) necessary to prevent recurrence.

GS-09 Qualifications

• At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 level.

Demonstrated ability:

• Intermediate understanding of engineering principles and practices, knowledge of work processes and ability to apply standard engineering practices.
• Lead teams with team support in solving industrial production issues and production support functions.
• Lead quality with team support for reviews, project reviews, audit briefs, and quality investigations while incorporating inputs from a variety of engineering disciplines that are less complex than those of characteristics of the GS-11.
• Provide industrial and quality engineering support with team support for operations, evaluation of production processes, investigation of root causes of failures and defects, and identification of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) necessary to prevent recurrence.

GS-11 Qualifications

• At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 level.

Demonstrated ability:

• Applying competent knowledge of quality/industrial engineering theories, concepts, principles, and processes.
• Leading teams with limited support in solving industrial production issues and production support functions.
• Leading quality with limited support for reviews, project reviews, audit briefs, and quality investigations while incorporating inputs from a variety of engineering disciplines that are less complex, lesser scope, and impact than those of characteristics of the GS-12.
• Providing industrial and quality engineering support with limited support for operations, evaluation of production processes, investigation of root causes of failures and defects, and identification of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) necessary to prevent recurrence.

GS-12 Qualifications

• At least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level.

Demonstrated ability:

• Applying proficient knowledge of quality/industrial engineering theories, concepts, principles, and processes.
• Leading teams in solving industrial production issues and production support functions.
• Leading quality management reviews, project reviews, audit briefs, and quality investigations while incorporating inputs from a variety of engineering disciplines.
• Providing industrial and quality engineering support for operations, evaluation of production processes, investigation of root causes of failures and defects, and identification of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) necessary to prevent recurrence.